The Ex and Her Riches

Charles opened the door and saw Nico and Benedict staring each other down with their arms crossed. It looked as though the two just had a fight as well.

Charles felt a little better when he saw that Nico wasn’t having it any easier. With a calm look on his face, he carried Zendaya into the ward and asked, “What’s going on here? What’s with this tension in the air? Also, why are you two still awake at this hour?”

Both Nico and Benedict turned around and shot Charles a hostile glare.

“Shut up! You’re still awake, too!” they snapped at him in unison.

Nico then shifted his gaze back toward Benedict and remained silent while trying to suppress his anger.

Benedict let out a defiant snort and exclaimed, “What are you, Uncle Nico, and Daddy doing? Why leave me and Zendy at the laboratory? Is it because Daddy and Mommy want to spend some time together? Is that why they’re leaving us behind?”

Nico was on the verge of fainting from anger at that point.

F*ck! Why won’t Benny just listen to reason?

As he glared at Benedict, who was curled up in his blanket on the bed, he found himself at a loss for words.

After the two had been arguing all night, Nico realized that Benedict’s statements were far more logical and persuasive than his.

Zendaya struggled in Charles’ arms and motioned at him to put her down on Benedict’s bed.

Charles understood what she wanted and helped get her shoes off before gently putting her down on the bed.

Zendaya then threw herself at Benedict and wailed, “I had a bad dream earlier, Benny! I dreamt that Mommy got injured and didn’t want us anymore!”

Benedict’s face grew pale as he listened to the details of her nightmare.

Feeling uncomfortable due to his sickness, he pressed his hand firmly against his chest as he replied, “I had the same dream when I slept for half an hour earlier…”

Nico and Charles exchanged surprised glances when they heard that.

They say children are connected to their mother by blood. I-Is that theory actually true? Could something terrible have happened to Gwendolyn?

Both the men had solemn looks on their faces as they stood there on the side.

to breathe. Noticing that his condition was worsening, Charles quickly gave

in an attempt to help relieve

help out as well, but she didn’t know what she could do, so she simply stomped her

night, all the professors had gone home by then. Joshua was probably

that Benedict’s condition showed no signs of improvement. “I’ll call an

“Okay!”

don’t want to go to a

he continued, “Ordinary hospitals can’t treat me. Go and get Mr. Eugene instead. He’s staying in room

Charles replied and ran out of there as quickly as his legs

than

at first, but the sight of Benedict in severe pain snapped him out of it.

blood, so he cannot withstand stress. What did you guys say to him? How did he end

glances and lowered their

eyes at them before retrieving the

shortly after with the tray and IV drip, but Benedict refused to let

me to either my daddy or my mommy. Otherwise, I’d rather die from the pain than receive

a cold? Also, it’s very chaotic in Salinsburgh lately, so your dad needs to stay up all night just to get his work done. He left you two here in

shook his head stubbornly,

a transfusion unless you take me to my

a five-year-old child would be able to sleep well after being left here by

and Charles fell silent at the

added, “Even if their father is busy at work, you could bring the kids over and not disturb him at work. That way, the children would feel more at ease.

Benedict clenched his fists tightly, his arm muscles tightening. He

right, all right… I’ll take you two

after getting what they wanted, the two

side. Eager to

was the first time the two kids had been without their parents, so they wanted

hour later, Cedrick heard a knock on the door

then opened the door slightly and glanced about as he asked, “Hey,

officer on duty when I arrived, and he told me

that in mind, Nico

all of a sudden. After taking a second to recover from the shock, Nico squinted his eyes to adjust to the sudden increase in brightness and saw Cedrick seated at his